Citrine Tourist Travel Lodge

Location: National Highway, Lugadia.Barangay, El Nido, PH

Star Rating: 2 Stars

Property Type: Guest houses

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Check-out: 11:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Free WiFi
• 24-hour front desk
• Terrace
• Luggage storage
• Designated smoking area
• Free airport transportation
• Bicycle rentals nearby
• Safe-deposit box at front desk
• Tours/ticket assistance
• Free self parking
• Rooftop terrace
• Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)

Rooms Available

• Standard Room

  1 Queen Bed

  172 sq feet

  
  

  Relax - In-room massage available

  Entertainment - LCD television with cable channels

  Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, a bidet, and towels

  Practical - Safe and desk

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) or rollaway/extra beds available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Private bathroom
  • Bidet
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Ceiling fan
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • In-room massage available
  • No rollaway/extra beds
  • No cribs (infant beds)

• Family Room

  1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

  258 sq feet

  
  

  Relax - In-room massage available

  Entertainment - LCD television with cable channels

  Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, a bidet, and towels

  Practical - Safe and desk

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) or rollaway/extra beds available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Private bathroom
  • Bidet
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Ceiling fan
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • In-room massage available
  • No rollaway/extra beds
  • No cribs (infant beds)

• Deluxe Room

  1 Queen Bed

  194 sq feet

  
  

  Relax - In-room massage available

  Entertainment - LCD television with cable channels

  Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, a bidet, and towels

  Practical - Safe and desk

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Need to Know - No cribs (infant beds) or rollaway/extra beds available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 3 (2 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Safety deposit box
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Private bathroom
  • Bidet
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Ceiling fan
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • In-room massage available
  • No rollaway/extra beds
  • No cribs (infant beds)

Guest Reviews

• Shengya (8/5): 還不錯 - 簡單乾淨，空間不是很大
• Verified traveler (2/5): - PULIZIA ORRENDA!!! TOILETT SEMPRE SPORCA ED INTASATA!!!
• Verified traveler (2/5): - it's a dive... we had a room next to the road with a window. no sleep happened as the bars are right outside and busy all night long
• Johan (8/5): Vacker solnedgång - Första natten fick ett konstigt familjerum.. Sen fick vi vad vi bokat och det va bra. trasigt golv men inget vi led av. Elen gick i hela el nido och reservagregatet gick på men inte ac då, så det va lite varmt på rummet. lugnare än inne än el nido och det gillar vi. ta med pengar så det räcker för automaterna är få och ofta slut på kontanter.
• Karine (10/5): Topp sted å bo - Fantastisk sted å bo. Bra beliggenhet. Enkle og veldig rene rom. Veldig hyggelig personal.
• Stephan (10/5): - Good hotel with really nice staff. WiFi was pretty bad. I think if the WiFi is sorted this will be a much better hotel. Staff were very friendly and the rooms were clean.
• Verified traveler (8/5): - We chose this hotel to spend a bit more on during our trip, and were happy with the experience. The transformer across as the road blew up during our stay, so the air con we had paid for was useless for part of it. We realize it wasn’t their fault, and the generator kept the lights and fan working so it was all good. We also thought that the room was supposed to be cleaned throughout our stay, which wasn’t the case. The staff was great, the hotel was clean and good to stay at. definitely recommend!
• Verified traveler (8/5): - Great place, easy to find and the tricycle drivers all seemed to know it. The water isn’t “hot” as the ad says, though it is slightly warmed by solar power. Overall we really enjoyed our stay
• Sandra (8/5): Hôtel bien situé au calme - L'hôtel est à 5 min en tricycle de El Nido ainsi que de la plage de El Cabanas Les chambres sont basiques mais propres et confortables avec la climatisation : conforme aux attentes par rapport au prix Le wifi est lent mais c'est les vacances: pas d'une grande utilité ;-)
• Lalaine (8/5): Nice hotel with no internet access - Room was generally clean with fresh beddings daily. Location is P50 tricycle away from the town proper. Nice places to eat within the area. Accommodating staff. Generally a more quiet area compared to the town proper. Choose to stay here if you wish people wont be able to reach you by phone or email.
• America (10/5): Hotel is the nicest compared to surrounding hotels - Staff was very helpful and friendly. They were able to book our transportation using the Expedia messaging (how one can communicate with them instead of calling,they respond very fast) .. only bad thing is the wifi doesn't work at all.. we have been to Cebu City Boracay Palawan And now Oslob, the wifi will hardly work anywhere . They are always making sure hotel is swept and clean. Showers have no hot water ,but it is solar . Let me tell you, with the heat in El Nido,you wouldn't want a hot shower anyway. No bugs in hotel unless you leave your room door open of coarse.. bug spray is a must.. you can easily rent a motorbike next door for the whole day in the morning and return it by 10 pm. TIP rent a motorbike .. go to las Cabañas beach to do zip lining and go back into town and have brunch.. you will have your own transportation the whole time. AMAZING staff good hotel !
• Эдуард (6/5): - Цена за отель явно завышена. Отель удовлетвортельный по соотношению "Цена-Качество"
• Verified traveler (8/5): Bien situé - Bien situé parcontre chambre tres petite. Pas chaude durant la journée ou matin
• ele (8/5): - above average for a lodging house. friendly and helpful staffs.
• sofiane (4/5): Hôtel non plutôt motel - Coupure de courant à répétition, impossible de dormir car lorsque le courant se coupe un générateur se déclenche et allumé des spots qui nous aveugle une impression d interrogatoire. Pas de petit déjeuner. Chambre exigu.
• Melanie (6/5): Don't expect too much - It was just OK. We stayed on the ground floor so we had to keep our curtain closed all the time because the windows were facing the reception area so other guests could see in our room. No hot showers when there is no sun because hot water runs on solar system (all budget lodges are like that in El Nido) Almost no Wi-Fi (which is everywhere in the whole el Nido) so it's handy to get a local sim card (with local simcard you will only get reception outside the lodge) A certain distance from town proper, about 5-10 min ride on tricycle (only 50 peso per ride to and from town) but I would stay in town next time it would be way more convenient especially at night time when the road is quite dark. The staff are OK, not super helpful but they can help with basic things. Room is clean and tidy
• Susanne (4/5): Two star hotel - Never had hot or even warm water ..they kept explaining this as solar hot water. Very basic room . Nothing in bathroom other than toilet cistern to place anything . Nothing in shower to hold anything even the soap. Wifi very poor but this seems common in the area.Airconditioner did work well but ceiling fan only worked on high speed & very loose in the ceiling so wobbled badly
• Mathias (8/5): Fräscht och modernt - Fräscht och snyggt boende för en bra peng. Ligger 5 minuter med tricycle ifrån El Nido Town.
• Verified traveler (6/5): Hotel for night stay - Room is nice and clean but we requested for the room with balcony and we didn't get it. Otherwise, the place is only good for night stay to rest and sleep. Wifi is slow and only located in first floor. Staff were nice and helpful.
• Verified traveler (4/5): Expensive tiny room, little hot water, useless wfi - Poor value for money. Not in a good location and not well appointed, but not cheap either. The 3.8 rating is ridiculous and invalidated by recommendation rating of around 50%.
• Kirill (2/5): КЛОПОВНИК! - Отель находится не в эль нидо а на пляже карон. Ехать минут 5-15 на трицикле за 50 песо до Эль нидо. Брали де люкс и обычный номер номера не чем не отличаются!! СОВСЕМ!!! переплатили деньги. Выехали за двое суток раньше при выезде нам сказали заплатить 500 песо за пляжные полотенца стояли с открытыми ртами минут 10, Первый раз вижу такое в отелях, остался очень неприятный осадок за это. Интернета нет СОВСЕМ!!! Обычный клоповник. Горячая вода была один раз за всю неделю. Напора воды нет.
• Verified traveler (6/5): Budget lodge - Weak wifi, you need to bring ur own toiletries, staff friendly and clean room
• Adam (6/5): Mycket bra för att var el nido - Mycket bra för att vara el nido, bra rum. Dock kan man inte räkna med att det finns wi-fi, 'men det finns det ingenstans i el nido.
• CHEN-YU (6/5): 乾淨的飯店 - 基本上飯店離鬧區有段不小的距離，搭車到鬧區約50披索，房間清潔度不錯，也有熱水可以洗澡，睡起來也蠻安靜好睡，右斜對面有早餐店，對面可以租機車，還算不錯，下次來這，應該還是會選這。
• Rosalyn (6/5): Convenient - Great!
• Marcus (2/5): In need of improvement of management - A bit of a disaster. The pick up from El Nido airport was messed up - despite reconfirming the day before they 'forgot' to send the car. After a number of messages (lucky I had a signal) a car arrived after over an hour waiting in the rain. Wifi was two personal routers that rarely connected in the lobby area. They did loan me one for one night and that worked fine as I could reset it every few minutes and the connection worked for a short time. I found it was better to get a SMART SIM card (no Globe signal) and use one of their data packages. Every morning we were woken at 8am sharp by walls being hammered by workmen. When we complained they suggested talking to the workman rather than offering to help. Sure - this is a short term problem but their attitude was poor. Loads of mid range restaurant/bars in the area, many looked newly opened. However the beach area was filthy with seaweed and general waste. The positives - on every floor there was Nescafé instant coffee and Lipton tea, have as many as you want. The television had a good selection of clear cable channels (however the screen in room 12 had a line down the middle where it was broken). They organised the tours efficiently and offered discounts. Generally they were friendly and the lobby arranged was pleasant. I wouldn't stay here again but I'd be interested to see how things improve when the upgrades are complete.
• Debby (2/5): - If yoi don't mind bug infested rooms, no wifi and rude staff... then this place is for you.
• Rai (6/5): Modern clean but Tony rooms - Lovely room , just very small . Got woken up early every morning by noisy dogs ! Location ok , 50 peso ride to El Nido town .
• Verified traveler (10/5): Great Stay in El Nido! - No issues with this hotel. It was clean, the air conditioning worked perfectly, hot showers (most of the time), great spot. It was 5 minutes from Las Cabanas beach. It was also right near a closer, smaller beach. Right across the street from the hotel is a small convenient store that has pretty much anything you would need, and they are open really late, so it was very convenient to have them nearby. There is no fridge in the hotel. The rooms were small, but very comfortable. They were cleaned every day. We also had a small balcony, which was nice. The best part was the staff. They were so friendly, and helpful, and really nice to be around. They organized our trips and transportation every day.
• Super (4/5): 値段相応なのか私には高い - まず送迎が乗り合いバン。白人のホテルは直ぐに着いたのに私やフィリピン人の行き先を知らない。ホテルも分からない。違うホテルに連れて行かれた。6時間バンに乗って真夜中2時に着いたのにこの始末。ホテル自体は清潔だが狭い、窓がない。シャワーのお湯が12時から6時までしか出ない。従ってビーチに行ってから夕陽を見て帰ったらシャワーを浴びれない。7月はかなり寒い。エアコン必要ないくらい。水はけも悪い。溜まる。真夜中3時に隣りの家が大音響で。先の英語のレビューにあった通りフロントの女性がクセモノ。帰りのバンの手配はいらないと伝えたら態度が急変。かなり日本人に差別意識あり。白人のホテル。日本人の若い一人旅の女性にはチヤホヤされていいかも。裏のビーチが直ぐ近くと言っても泳げるビーチではない！ビーチは結局遠い。町にも遠いが逆に静かかも。周りのフィリピン人や白人がジャップと呼ぶのは決して許せない！いい加減やめて欲しい。行くんなら今度はリゾートにする。
• Kristopher (6/5): Ok for the price, could be better - The Staff: The staff was friendly and helpful when we wanted to change our reservation and rooms. Personally, I preferred the friendliness and willingness to help of the night staff over the day staff. The Room: The rooms are small but satisfactory since we spent all day on tours. I checked out three different rooms and all the bathrooms smell like mold or dirty cleaning supplies. The rooms on the second floor have a small (single person size) patio for smoking but I wish they had drapes so people from the street cannot see into your room. Cash Only: I wish they would accept credit card for payment (or at least better advertised that early on) because we had to go to the atm 30 minutes before our 3am shuttle. Such a hassle and felt a little unsafe pulling out a lot of cash in the middle of the night. No shuttle service for early flights: If you have a early flight (9am) in Puerto princesa, you'll have to book a private shuttle (additional $100 or 5,000 pesos) because the hotel shuttle service begins at 4:30am. Location: I liked that the location was a little further from the hustle and bustle of the main town, but we had to pay 50 pesos each way to get to our tours, have dinner, or check out the bars.
• justin (10/5): excellent stay - The room was very clean and spacious. The staff were extremely helpful and accomodating to our needs. I would recommend this hotel to my friends with no hesitation
• Thomas (8/5): Perfect holidays - 7 nights in June 2016 were very great. Staff are very nice and helpful, clean room, nice view from the terrace. Close to the town proper (5min in tricycle) and only 50pesos (1€) Good restaurant infront Boodle fight! The owner is also very nice! In fact that's the perfect hotel for affordable and comfortable holidays. Me, my girlfriend and my parents love this place!
• Christopher (8/5): Good value for money - easy transport - I moved to this hotel after 4 nights in the main El Nido town - I wish I had moved here sooner. Much better value-for-money as compared to the expensive, small rooms in El Nido town - and tricycles are everywhere (and cheap) to get to and from the town when required. The location of Citrine was great for getting to Las Cabanas which was a great beach to spend a day or two at (as opposed to El Nido main beach which isn't great). Service was great - the staff were very friendly. The room was clean and newly decorated, and the building itself was nice and new. I would recommend and I would stay again.
• Darrell James (8/5): Nice and value for your money - The Hotel was good staff are all friendly and nice they would tend to help you in anyway they can the hotel is located near the main street beach is just a footstep back of the hotel, price of the hotel is good value for the room that you are staying in, overall everything is nice and will definitely come back here and recommend this place to friends.....Thanks to you guys for doing a good job!!!
• Alex (6/5): Few minutes away from the main town - Staff were friendly. Easy access to beach. An 1hr to beautiful nakpan beach. Restaurants are very close
• Diogo (8/5): Ótimo custo beneficio - Bom custo beneficio. Hotel novo, ar condicionado funcionando bem. Equipe do hotel bastante gentil.
• Lyle (8/5): It is a basic room. - This is your basic hotel. It will do what you need it to. The bathroom is small but functional. Hot water is only once the sun has warmed the water tank on the roof. The bed is a bit stiff. There is only one single bed sheet provided to cover up with. Took some getting used to for me. But others likely wouldn't have an issue. Nice area and can get an amazing sunset at one of the other bars around there. The one down fall was the price of the motor bike rental it was double what the others in the area charge. Be sure to ask pricing.
• Michael (8/5): Nice new hotel - Place was only a few minutes away from the main beaches. Walking distance to a few great restaurants. Quiet at night. Transportation was always accessible. Clean rooms. After talking with some people this is an above average place for El Nido.
• Verified traveler (10/5): nice hotel - Clean and well maintained, the staff is very friendly, a few minutes out of town but a cheap/quick tricycle ride, would stay here again.
• Verified traveler (4/5): Poor Value for Money - Booked 8 nights. Got transferred from noisy ground floor room, albeit at our request, to the tiniest room (less than 8 sqm of bedroom area on first floor). No loyalty for guests staying above the average time at the hotel.
• Jacqueline (6/5): - Nice simple hotel 30 minute walk on the main road from El Nido. Clean, in good condition and quiet. Corong Corong beach nearby (behind the property) good for sunset. Few local restaurants in the area too. For the price I'd expect to have tea and coffee facilities in my room as well as wifi (this didn't work well at all in the lobby area)
• Edward (8/5): Good place to stay in corong corong - Decent size family room, nice and comfy. The only issue is when the hotel generator is needed during a power failure as the noise is very audible in the room.
• Verified traveler (8/5): Confortable hotel - 5 - 10 min from the center with a tuk tuk trycycle. Good value for money
• Alexander (10/5): The location and the staff makes up for everything - We arrived in El Nido after a hellish 9 hour busride with stolen bags and fistfights, but my friend and I managed to stay out of trouble. We had booked Citrin Tourist Travel Lodge a few months ahead. We knew little to nothing about it. The staff welcomed us with smiles! The rooms were clean and the AC worked perfect - nice toilet and finally some warm water in the shower. You only had to walk a minute to reach the beautiful beach and the same goes for places to eat. 50 pesos and a five minute tricycle ride and you're in El Nido town! You had EVERYTHING around the corner. The Wifi had to reboot all day and you rarely had a working connection, and the wifi was only available at the reception. If you want to use the internet for business related things I wish you the best of luck! Go to bed early. The noises from all the dogs and birds made it impossible to sleep in. We both got food poisoned by something scary. We threw up and made a mess for a couple of days! The staff deserves an award for their hard work and for making us feel at home. Thank you Judy and everyone else!
• Alessio (10/5): Very Good! - L'hotel non si trova nel centro di El Nido ma nella vicina e meno caotica Corong Corong. Con 50pesos di Trycicle o una piacevole camminata di 10-12 minuti arrivi a El Nido. A Corong Corong comunque ci sono dei locali e ristoranti bellissimi per passare le serate. La camera è veramente pulita, cambiano spesso le lenzuola, caffè e te sono offerti nella hall e nel corridoio al piano. Il personale è gentilissimo! Ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo.
• Marilyn (10/5): A place worth going back! New, clean,comfortable. - We spent three nights and my initial thought was to move to a place closer to town and beach front, but (good thing we stayed).. the place was very clean and quite, away from the busyness of town, and the staff was great, respectful and very pleasant. We spent all of our time on tours during the days so this was a comfortable quiet place to stay with.
• Verified traveler (8/5): Good stay - Nice clean and quiet for us we stayed at the deluxe -top floor, no wifi at the hotel. Nice and friendly staff.
• Mitchie (8/5): I'll recommend it - Everything was excellent. No complaints except that the wifi was slow at night but early mornings was no problems. Location was great only 5min to the main restaurants and bars. There's a massage place two shops down which is connected to a restaurant. Also a small store to buy essentials right at the front. Staff members were very helpful and friendly. The two rooms we stayed in was comfortable and clean. Didn't have a problem with it. Maybe tho provide complimentary shampoo and conditioner for anyone staying at your hotel.
• Verified traveler (6/5): New hotel - Newer hotel with great accomodating staff

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